Genre Pop
soul Label Ariola | Length 5:37 | |
Released 8 July 2015 (2015-07-08) Format CD single
digital download Recorded Rhythmedia Studio (Tokyo) | ||
"Nagareboshi" (流れ星, "Shooting Star") is a song by Japanese singer Misia. It was released by Ariola Japan as the third single from Misia's twelfth studio album, Love Bebop (2016) on 8 July 2015, one day after Misia's 37th birthday. The song was written by singer-songwriter Rica and produced by Takayuki Hattori. "Nagareboshi" was chosen to be the ending theme of the 2015 film S: The Last Policeman - Recovery of Our Future, a continuing film adaptation based on the television series of the same name, for which Misia's "Boku wa Pegasus Kimi wa Polaris" (2014) served as theme song. The song is a piano and strings ballad with lyrics comparing human individuals and their potential to the motion and light of shooting stars.
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The single cover was painted by author, screenwriter, director and painter Ellie Omiya.
Writing and composition
"Nagareboshi" was written and initially recorded by singer-songwriter Rica for her album Grain (2015). The song was eventually re-recorded by Misia whose version was produced by Takayuki Hattori. The piano was played by Sae Konno and the strings, an ensemble of 10 musicians on 1st violin, 8 on 2nd violin, 6 violists, and 6 cellist, were conducted by Hattori. The instrumentation and vocals were recorded in Tokyo, at Rhythmedia Studio and Sound Inn.
"Nagareboshi" is written in the key of B major. Misia's vocals span from G♯3 to B4.
Release
"Nagareboshi" was performed in concert, throughout Misia's Hoshizora no Live VIII: Moon Journey tour, well before its official release and for the first time on 11 April 2015. On 29 June 2015, an exclusive 1-minute trailer for the film S: The Last Policeman - Recovery of Our Future featuring "Nagareboshi" was uploaded onto Misia's official YouTube account.
"Nagareboshi" was released alongside the song "Anata ni Smile :)" as a double A-side extended play for download only on 8 July 2015. The single was also released in high-resolution (24bit) on Mora and HD-Music.info on the same date. The extended play included the song "Ashita wa Motto Suki ni naru", which was used in Kirin Sekai no Kitchen commercials. A CD single was released on 29 August 2015 for limited rental in Tsutaya stores exclusively. This release included two bonus live recordings from Misia's 2 April 2014 concert at the Bunkamura Orchard Hall of the songs "Boku wa Pegasus Kimi wa Polaris" "One Day, One Life" (2014).
Commercial performance
"Nagareboshi" debuted at number 27 on the Recochoku Weekly Singles chart and at number 4 on the Recochoku Weekly Albums chart.